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Strategies for the Search for Life in the Universe

A Joint Session of Commissions 16, 40, and 44, Held in Montreal, Canada, During the IAU General Assembly, 15 and 16 August, 1979

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Editors:
  1. Michael D. Papagiannis

    1. Department of Astronomy, Boston University, USA

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 83)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages n1-xv
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  2. Highlights

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Strategies for the Search for Life in the Universe Highlights of the Proceedings

      • Michael D. Papagiannis
      Pages 3-12

  3. The Number N of Advanced Civilization in Our Galaxy and the Question of Galactic Colonization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. The Number N of Advanced Civilizations in Our Galaxy and the Question of Galactic Colonization. An Introduction

      • Philip Morrison
      Pages 15-18

    3. N is very Small

      • Michael H. Hart
      Pages 19-25

    4. N is Neither Very Small nor Very Large

      • Frank D. Drake
      Pages 27-34

    5. Galactic-Scale Civilization

      • T. B. H. Kuiper
      Pages 35-43

    6. The Number N of Galactic Civilizations must be Either Very Large or Very Small

      • Michael D. Papagiannis
      Pages 45-57

    7. Uncertainty in Estimates of the Number of Extraterrestrial Civilizations

      • Peter A. Sturrock
      Pages 59-72

    8. A New Approach to the Number N of Advanced Civilizations in the Galaxy

      • V. S. Troitskii
      Pages 73-76

  4. Strategies for SETI Through Radio Waves

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Strategies for SETI Through Radio Waves an Introduction

      • Bernard M. Oliver
      Pages 79-80

    3. Microwave Searches in the U.S.A. and Canada

      • B. Zuckerman, Jill Tarter
      Pages 81-92

    4. A Bimodal Search Strategy for SETI

      • Samuel Gulkis, Edward T. Olsen, Jill Tarter
      Pages 93-105

  5. The Search for Planets and Early Life in Other Solar Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Search for Planets and Early Life in Other Solar Systems an Introduction

      • Jesse L. Greenstein
      Pages 109-110

    3. The Astrometric Search for Neighboring Planetary Systems

      • George Gatewood, John Stein, Lee Breakiron, Ronald Goebel, Steven Kipp, Jane Russell
      Pages 111-154

    4. Search for Planets by Spectroscopic Methods

      • K. Serkowski
      Pages 155-161

    5. The Search for Planets in Other Solar Systems Through Use of the Space Telescope

      • William A. Baum
      Pages 163-166
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About this book

Leo Goldberg Kitt Peak National Observatory Tucson, Arizona 85726, U. S. A. Of all the reasons for exploring the Universe, none is more com­ pelling than the possibility of discovering intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe. Still the quest for extraterrestrial life has been near the bottom of the astronomers' list of priorities, not because the number of extraterrestrial civilizations is conjectured to be van­ ishingly small, but because our powers of detection were thought to be far too weak. About ten years ago, however, the growing reach of ra­ dio telescopes on the ground and of optical and infrared telescopes in space persuaded a number of thoughtful astronomers that the time for a more serious search had arrived. Accordingly, a joint Soviet-American conference on the problems of Communication with Extraterrestrial In­ telligence was convened at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory of the Armenian Academy of Sciences during September 5-11, 1971 and was soon followed by a number of other important meetings, notably a series of NASA-sponsored workshops in the USA held between January, 1975 and May, 1976. Since SETI is fundamentally an international undertaking and as­ tronomical methods and techniques are required for its pursuit, it is natural for the International Astronomical Union to lend its support by sponsoring conferences and otherwise facilitating cooperation among countries. The active involvement of the I. A. U.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Astronomy, Boston University, USA

    Michael D. Papagiannis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Strategies for the Search for Life in the Universe

  • Book Subtitle: A Joint Session of Commissions 16, 40, and 44, Held in Montreal, Canada, During the IAU General Assembly, 15 and 16 August, 1979

  • Editors: Michael D. Papagiannis

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9115-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1181-6Published: 31 December 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1226-4Published: 31 December 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9115-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 253

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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